Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
Impressment of American sailors |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
December 22, 1807
|
| gptkbp:effect |
decline in exports
increase in smuggling severe economic hardship in the United States |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Embargo Act of 1807
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:majorCity |
gptkb:France
gptkb:United_Kingdom other European nations |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Federalist_Party
New England merchants |
| gptkbp:purpose |
restrict trade with foreign nations
|
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Non-Intercourse_Act
March 1, 1809 |
| gptkbp:shortName |
gptkb:Embargo_Act
|
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Early_American_Republic
gptkb:Jeffersonian_Republicans |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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